Katrine Nederby <katnederby@hotmail.com> skrev i en
news:anovc0$g97$1@sunsite.dk...
> Her er er en artikel på dansk om samme undesøgelse:
>
http://politiken.dk/VisArtikel.iasp?PageID=226899
>
> Mange hilsner
> Katrine
>
Efter at have læst artiklen, er jeg da blevet endnu mere glad for, at jeg er
ikke-ryger!!!
Måske kunne den inspirere en og anden til at lægge smøgerne på hylden ? *S*
Eller måske kun ryge udendørs!
Jeg lagde i øvrigt mærke til, at der i den engelske artikel stod, at røgen
lagres i kattens pels længe. Da jeg for 6 år siden fik Ferina, kom hun fra
et hjem, hvor der blev røget..
Jeg syntes, at jeg kunne lugte røg i hendes pels i meget lang tid, men fik
at vide, at det ikke kunne passe!
Jeg er da glad for nu at have fået bekræftet, at jeg ikke var helt galt på
den i denne sag!
mvh Eva
>
> "marianne hellemose" <hellemose.som@paradis.tdcadsl.dk> skrev i en
> meddelelse news:anooo1$mro$1@sunsite.dk...
> > Det lykkedes at få artikel to til at gøre som jeg vil så her er den.
> >
> > >
> > > Boston (AP) - Dr. Antony Moore knows smokers
> often
> > > won't quit to protect themselves or their children. But he hopes his
new
> > > study tying second-hand smoke exposure to the most common kind of
feline
> > > cancer will persuade some people to kick the habit.
> > >
> > > "I think there's a lot of people who might not
> > quit
> > > smoking for themselves or their family," said Moore, a veterinarian at
> > Tufts
> > > University. "But they might for their cats."
> > >
> > > In the study, Moore and other researchers at
> Tufts
> > > and the University of Massachusetts say living in a household with
> smokers
> > > considerably increases a cat's risk of acquiring feline lymphoma,
which
> > > kills three-quarters of its victims within a year.
> > >
> > > The researchers, writing in Thursday's issue
of
> > the
> > > American Journal of Epidemiology, studied 180 cats treated at a Tufts
> > > veterinary hospital between 1993 and 2000. They found that, adjusting
> for
> > > age and other factors, cats exposed to second-hand smoke had more than
> > > double the risk of acquiring the disease.
> > >
> > > In households where they were exposed five
years
> > or
> > > more, cats had more than triple the risk. In a two-smoker household,
the
> > > risk went up by a factor of four.
> > >
> > > It's difficult to say how many cats get feline
> > > lymphoma, believed to be caused by a leukemia virus, scientists said.
> Lung
> > > cancer rarely strikes cats.
> > >
> > > Moore hopes the research will inspire others
to
> > take
> > > a closer look at the connection between smoking and lymphoma in
humans.
> > Some
> > > studies have suggested a higher lymphoma risk in children of smokers,
> but
> > > there has been no definitive work.
> > >
> > > Bernadine Cruz, a veterinarian in Laguna
Hills,
> > > Calif., isn't surprised by the study's results. She has warned people
> for
> > > years about respiratory damage smoke can cause in pets, and has no
> doubts
> > > the smoke has other effects as well.
> > >
> > > "We do know that the environmental stresses
put
> on
> > > our bodies, that often cats and dogs will endure similar stresses, and
> > > they're almost magnified because their lifespans are so condensed,"
she
> > > said.
> > >
> > > The same researchers plan a similar study on
> dogs.
> > > The source of canine lymphoma is also unclear, though it's possible
cats
> > may
> > > be more vulnerable.
> > >
> > > "They accumulate a lot on their fur," Moore
> said.
> > > "In a veterinary clinic if a cat comes in, you can tell if it's in a
> > smoking
> > > household because it smells of smoke." Dogs, he said, tend to go
outside
> > and
> > > are washed more.
> > >
> >
> > > Marianne
> > >
> > > Hellemose Somali
> > > hellemose.som@paradis.tdcadsl.dk
> > >
> > > Some people have lives, others have cats
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Marianne
> >
> > Hellemose Somali
> > hellemose.som@paradis.tdcadsl.dk
> >
> > Some people have lives, others have cats
> >
> >
>
>